Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked film review – Home Entertainment
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(Rating: U, 87 mins) Written by Zen Terrelonge
Starring – Jason Lee, Justin Long, Matthew Grey Gubler, Jesse McCartney.
ALVIN! Yeah, there’s still lots of that.
The furry threesome – Alvin (Long), Simon (Grey Gubler) and Theodore (McCartney) – take their third big screen outing abroad to pastures new.
Well, it’s human father Dave (Lee) that takes them, along with The Chippettes – Brittany, Jeanette and Eleanor – who were introduced in The Squeakquel.
The six arrive at the dock of a cruise ship, but why six, who’s missing you ponder? Cue Alvin to come surfing down a rope to greet his exasperated family.
Both of the first two films were about establishing the characters and their love of music. Now that’s been done, Chipwrecked lets everyone relax and unwind. Of course, Alvin doesn’t do relaxing, and sets about causing mayhem aboard the ship in miniature Dennis the Menace fashion.
Dave offers Alvin an inch and naturally he takes it a mile and causes his fellow fuzzballs to fly overboard to be stranded on a tropical island. This leads his dad – and a familiar face – to follow after them on a rescue mission.
When the ‘munks arrive ashore, their youth is very much proven by way of their disorganisation and single-minded efforts of survival. And while they may think the island is deserted, it’s not as peaceful as it seems.
A number of mishaps call for character traits to be swapped and the opportunity to grow up beyond the children that Dave sees them as.
While the franchise is memorable to today’s adults, it’s entirely aimed towards children with no hidden humour, providing a slapstick sing-song experience, one that’s likely to have parents drawing straws over who will have to sit and watch the film with the young ones.
Children under 11 will likely enjoy it, but it’s equally plausible young teens and adults will want to steer clear.
4/10
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked is available on DVD and Blu-ray now.
Posted on 04/04/2012, in Home Entertainment and tagged alvin and the chipmunks, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked film review, chipwrecked, film reviews, jason lee, justin long, Movies. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
It seems kind of weird that you treat the “familiar face” as if it’s a spoiler, considering he shows up pretty early in the movie and didn’t feel like it was intended as a big surprise. The movie was a decent enough watch with of course nothing spectacular or new to bring to the table.
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. I’m sorry that you consider it weird, however I personally try to tread carefully where possible.
I wouldn’t go so far as to call it treasure, but it got a few laughs out of me.
I was referring to spoilers, you may consider one trash, while another reader may not.